Reissue of a groundbreaking book on his time that adds Steinberg works on gender from 1979 to present.

A book that, in addition to proposing a necessary analysis on the world of comics, you are allowed a personal vision at times, even humorous, and guides us through a fascinating genre of humor that could happen to the drama and social reflection.

Oscar Steinberg works on cartoon and humor produced from 1979 to the present - in this volume to the original edition of Reading cartoons (1977)-texts from 1968 to 1976 adds.

A lucid tour of the local and international production (The Yellow Kid, Lucky Luke, The Black Raúl, El Corto Maltese Patoruzú, Toilet Pereyra, Mafalda, to name a few), its origins, the reception of gender in the readers, their relationship with the media and art, transpositions and adaptations of literature, stylistic, narrative or thematic innovations, production methods, connections with politics and ideology, the passage to the moving image, until his relationship with the review and production contexts of writing about comics. In closing, a selection of interviews and introductions in addition to providing contextual details illustrate a fascinating intellectual and personal journey through the world historietístico.

Undoubtedly, a major work of one of the greatest references of Argentina reviewed on gender.